Sources: BBC
Fourteen protestors are killed, four are injured and at least 31 are arrested, including a journalist, during nationwide protests that turned violent in Nigeria amid a cost-of-living crisis, which protestors blame on President Bola Tinubu's new reforms. 2024-08-1
Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria. 2021-11-16
Pupils are kidnapped from a boys' boarding secondary school by an armed gang in Kankara, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2020-12-11
Boko Haram insurgents carries out an overnight attack against a village in Gwoza, Nigeria, killing 75 elders. 2020-08-26
Suspected Boko Haram militants raid and burn the village of Mailari in Borno State, Nigeria, killing six people. 2018-08-20
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
A female suicide bomber, believed to be aged around 10 years old, kills herself and 19 others, possibly against her will, at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2015-01-10
A suicide bomber detonates a tricycle taxi filled with explosives at an outdoor viewing venue for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Damaturu, Nigeria, resulting in several deaths and 15 people critically injured. 2014-06-17
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party nominates incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for April presidential elections. 2011-01-14
As many as 40 people are killed due to a fiery collision between a lorry load of sugar and a police checkpoint in Nigeria. 2010-08-16